Barking and Dagenham Giving
Registered charity 1166335 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARKING AND DAGENHAM RENEW, BARKING RENEW
The Charity has a controlling interest in B&D reside Weavers LLP, which provides affordable rented housing for local people in the Barking area.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the Group reported a surplus of £17m for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total fund balances growing to £56.9m. Per the trustees' report, the Group continues to operate on a stable financial footing and meets its financial commitments as they fall due.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £345k; policy: £350,000)
“The charity's free reserves at 31 March 2025 are £345,070 which equates to 5.9 months of running costs based on this period’s overhead costs.” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: B&D Reside Weavers LLP
“B&D Reside Weavers LLP is a 90% owned subsidiary of Barking and Dagenham Giving” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Géraud De Ville De Goyet — Chief Executive (source)
- Nicki Lane — Director of Programmes and Participation (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (627 likes) · instagram (892 followers)
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (78% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
- Ian Parkeschair
- Alexander Matthew Jeremy
- Andrew Nathan Joseph Kerr
- Marta Magdalena Lipska
- Nilesh Pandya · trustee of 1 other charity
- Oluwagbeminiyi Okutubo
- Rachel Maame-Esi Williams
- Steven Wayne Green
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Barking And Dagenham
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Barking and Dagenham Giving financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group reported a surplus of £17m for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total fund balances growing to £56.9m. Per the trustees' report, the Group continues to operate on a stable financial footing and meets its financial commitments as they fall due. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Menzies LLP.
Who funds Barking and Dagenham Giving?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Barking and Dagenham Giving as a grant recipient include THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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